About Torsten

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After leaving school, Torsten spent 15 years on a career in politics and business. Having obtained a degree in Political Sciences and Art History from Hamburg University, he moved on combining a career in politics (as chairman of a local party association) with starting up his own business.

In 1999, having spent 5 years building a successful chain of retail outlets, Torsten moved from his native Germany to London to pursue his dream: Opening an international flagship store in one of London's premier locations.

After four years of struggle, it spectacularly collapsed - and Torsten, having personally guaranteed for the business, lost everything almost overnight.

Learning "the hard way" that financial success and reputation can be rather short- lived, Torsten slowly started to re-build his life, eventually setting up a new business of his own.

Alongside, he started to study various spiritual paths, gradually realising that their essence is always the same.

Discovering Reiki as one of these paths, he was struck by the way you can actually physically feel the connection to spiritual energy.

Having experienced the transforming effects of Reiki over a number of years, he sees it as a great privilege teaching other people how to let Reiki into their own lives.

Torsten is a Reiki Master / Teacher of the Western Reiki Lineage (Usui Shiki Ryoho) as well as Shinpiden, the master level of the Japanese Lineage (Usui Reiki Ryoho). He is a Master/ Teacher Member of the UK Reiki Federation.

He trained with internationally renowned Reiki Master Penelope Quest, author of several books on Reiki (see Recommended Books).